Kendrick Lamar Reveals Insight Into Kanye West's Rants

01/27/2014.

(Radio.com) In a new interview with Jeff Weiss at The Hollywood Reporter, Kendrick Lamar revealed the role Kanye West played on his creative process. The two spent time together while Kendrick opened for Kanye on the Yeezus tour.

"Kanye taught me to never to downplay your ideas," says Lamar. "I learned to always stay as creative as possible and never have any boundaries. Those things that people called 'rants' on-stage are real conversations that we had behind closed doors — about business and how when you get to a certain level people won't want to see you break through because they only see you as a rapper."

He went on to talk a little about his rumored follow-up record to the pitch perfect good kid m.A.A.d. city. "I'm still seeing what I feel like," says Lamar. "When I really catch it, I'll be out there with it." more on this story

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